Birmingham Airport Runway Extension Opens!!!

By funslugg
Published on 27 May 2014

Birmingham Airport Runway Extension Opens!!!
Finally, on 27th May 2014, planes were able to taxi onto the new runway 33 extension via the new taxiway Sierra.

Here are United Airlines 757 and Emirates 777 doing just that. Note the escort car for the 777 - the first real biggy to roll over the new asphalt.

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Emirates 777 with World Cup logo @ BHX

By funslugg
Published on 22 May 2014

Emirates 777 with World Cup logo @ BHX
A gorgeous sunny May 21st at Birmingham Airport, and flight EK40 is operated by one of the Emirates 77W to carry the logo / livery of the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil. S/N 35579 A6-ECG #ek39

Apologies for the sound - please try and imagine 100 tonnes of thrust ;)

Blue1 | 717-23S | OH-BLP | Star Alliance Livery | Landing & Takeoff At B...

By Ematom1 Aviation Videos HD
Published on 25 May 2014

Blue1 | 717-23S | OH-BLP | Star Alliance Livery | Landing & Takeoff At Birmingham Airport | HD
Blue1
Boeing 717-23S
OH-BLP Star Alliance Livery
Landing & Takeoff At Birmingham Airport BHX

Emirates | 777-300ER | Head On Takeoff | Birmingham Airport | HD

By Ematom1 Aviation Videos HD
Published on 20 May 2014

Emirates | 777-300ER | Head On Takeoff | Birmingham Airport | HD
Emirates Airlines
Boeing 777-300ER
Head On Takeoff
Birmingham Airport. BHX

Passenger Numbers Soar as Birmingham Airport Records Busiest April in History

Passenger Numbers Soar as Birmingham Airport Records Busiest April in History
13 May 2014

Birmingham Airport records the busiest April in its history as over 750,000 passengers choose to fly from Birmingham.

Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest April in its history, as more than 750,000 passengers passed through the terminal last month, a 16.7% increase compared to the same period last year.

Latest figures reveal the Airport handled 758,456 passengers in April, beating its previous record for the month set in 2009 by 5.7%.

The record-breaking month also saw a major rise in the number of passengers flying on long-haul services from Birmingham, up by 20.9% compared to April last year.

Scheduled routes that saw the biggest increase last month were Jersey (+173.2%), Fuerteventura (+132.1%), Stuttgart (+98%), Arrecife (+78.2%) and Faro (+77.6%). Charter services to Malta (+100%), Portugal (+100%) and Italy (+90.6%) also experienced significant growth.

Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO, said: “To record the busiest April in our history is a tremendous achievement. It demonstrates the strong demand that exists for flights to and from Birmingham and the progress we have made over the past 12 months in particular.

“A strong performance in April is the perfect way to enter the summer season, a period which will also see Birmingham become the first UK airport outside of London to offer direct charter flights to China, as well as new flights starting to Porto, Cologne, Florence, Ibiza, Malta and Athens, among others.”

Birmingham attracts record number of international visitors

By E Birmingham
Published on 10 May 2014

Birmingham attracts record number of international visitors
Birmingham attracted more international visits last year than ever before according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The research released on Thursday 8th May, reports that there were almost one million visits to the city last year (941,000) - an increase of 228,000 on 2012's figure of 713,000.

With numbers rising by a third (32%) in the last year alone, Birmingham's growth in attracting visitors is higher than any other city in the UK. The national growth of international visits was just 5.6%, while London managed 8.6%.

Birmingham is the fourth most visited city in the UK, with the capitals London and Edinburgh, followed by Manchester leading the table. Birmingham has closed the gap on Manchester's international visits from 219,000 to 47,000 in one year.

The city's focus on key international visitor markets, including India and China appear to be reaping swift rewards. Direct flights from India and China as well as the City's strategy to target these areas have led to an increase in visitor numbers. Sales missions and campaigns with Chinese and Indian travel agents are being cited as key reasons for the growth. With many booking trips online, Marketing Birmingham also points to their integrated online offer to make planning and booking trips to the city easier.

The boost in Birmingham's profile has also attracted record levels of investment, with foreign direct investment in 2012/13 up by more than 50% against a national increase of just 11%*. This has created an additional 4,000 local jobs and is worth an estimated £174 million** to the local economy per year.

Emma Gray, Director of Marketing, Marketing Birmingham, the city's strategic marketing partnership, which operates leisure and business tourism programmes, Visit and Meet Birmingham said;

"Traditionally we've been known as a national destination with visitors coming from across the UK for our shopping, food and attractions. This is now widening and Birmingham is on the international map. Working with the Airport as well as VisitBritain and VisitEngland we have focused on raising the city's profile with international travellers, both business and leisure. Top attractions last year such as the Black Country Living Museum, the new Library of Birmingham and the 50 festivals that took place within the city all attracted overseas visitors.

"Our strategy has been to target international visitors and to focus on markets with large numbers of potential visitors. Our geographical position enables us to be a gateway to the UK, visitors can be based here and easily travel to all parts of the country. We also like to think that our range of attractions and our reputation for being a city of food, our shops and our warm welcome are noticed and all make a real difference to how we are perceived overseas."
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive and Chairman of Marketing Birmingham, said,

"These figures are testament to the partnerships in place to promote the city both in the UK and overseas and validates that Birmingham has become a world-class tourist destination.
"The Airport broke the nine million passengers mark last year for the first time since 2009, launched several new routes including Amritsar, Bordeaux, Knock, Stockholm and Barcelona, and saw growth on existing routes such as Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, New York, Dubai, Knock and Istanbul; all key departure points for inbound tourists.

"This growth demonstrates that the Airport is playing a vital role in connecting Birmingham with the world and we are continually growing our network, with further new routes launching this year to Beijing, Porto, Cologne, Florence and many more.

"Greater connectivity and the continued drive by the Airport, Marketing Birmingham and other tourism partners to put the city and region on the map will ensure that Birmingham's tourism figures will keep on climbing in this direction."

Working together Marketing Birmingham and Birmingham Airport (BHX) have attracted new routes into the city's airport during 2013 including Delhi, Lyon, Gothenburg, Toulouse, Barcelona and Stockholm.

Birmingham attracted a record 33.8 million visitors in 2012, contributing £5.1 million to the local economy, an increase of 11% since 2006. This supported more than 61,000 jobs for the local workforce.

"Our strategy remains to target the international market, to continue to work with the airport and to promote Birmingham and its surrounding area to an international audience keen to visit as both a business as well as leisure traveller," added Emma Gray.

9th May 2014

HiFly | A340-313 | CS-TQM | Landing At Birmingham Airport | HD

By Ematom1 Aviation Videos HD
Published on 9 May 2014

HiFly | A340-313 | CS-TQM | Landing At Birmingham Airport | HD
Hifly
Airbus A340-313
CS-TQM
Landing At Birmingham Airport BHX

New Flybe livery

By funslugg
Published on 4 May 2014

New Flybe livery
Birmingham Airport BHX has a new purple dazzler!

Flybe airline's new livery isn't my favourite colour, but it is eye-catching and for me a big improvement on the old one. Birmingham Airport will never be the same again (assuming this scheme is going to be applied to all their planes).

Plane Spotting at Birmingham Airport BHX - Runway 15 Arrivals and Depart...

By charlest103 Aviation Videos HD
Published on 7 May 2014

Runway 15 Arrivals and Departures [1080p HD]
Plane Spotting at Birmingham Airport (BHX / EGBB) on a windy afternoon, after flying on the Biman Bangladesh DC-10 earlier in the day.
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Check out my DC-10 Full Flight video from this day: http://youtu.be/ozCZ7zGveUQ

0:13
Airline: Monarch Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A321-231
Reg: G-OZBS
Flight Number: ZB932
Route: Birmingham (BHX) - Tenerife (TFS)

1:02
Airline: Turkish Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8F2(WL)
Reg: TC-JHL
Flight Number: TK1969
Route: Istanbul (IST) - Birmingham (BHX)

1:49
Airline: Monarch Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A321-231(WL)
Reg: G-ZBAE
Flight Number: ZB458
Route: Birmingham (BHX) - Lanzarote (ACE)

3:14
Airline: Emirates
Aircraft: Boeing 777-31H(ER)
Reg: A6-EBZ
Flight Number: EK39
Route: Dubai (DXB) - Birmingham (BHX)

4:15
Airline: Turkish Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8F2(WL)
Reg: TC-JHL
Flight Number: TK1970
Route: Birmingham (BHX) - Istanbul (IST)

4:54
Airline: KLM
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8K2(WL)
Reg: PH-BXG
Flight Number: KL1431
Route: Amsterdam (AMS) - Birmingham (BHX)

5:13
Airline: Air Berlin
Aircraft: Boeing 737-86J(WL)
Reg: D-ABKQ
Flight Number: AB3714
Route: Birmingham (BHX) - Hannover (HAJ)

Date: 22nd February 2014

The Final Take off from BHX of ex Monarch A300 G-OJMR 30/4

By antman09ful1
Published on 30 Apr 2014

The Final Take off from Birmingham Airport BHX of ex Monarch A300 G-OJMR 30/4
Today I witnessed the final take off of the ex Monarch A300-600 G-OJMR from Birmingham Airport to Lourdes/Tarbes in France.
Eighteen days ago when the last commercial flight of this aircraft landed at BHX a guy who was on that flight informed me it would have a gear and engine change in the Monarch hanger and then fly to France to be scraped.